Kerala, was having little bit a complex type of castism instead of just 4 level casteism seen in other parts. According to Jati-nirnaya, variyars were originally Brahmins, who were degraded during the Treta-yuga, and they belong to the group of ambalavasis called bharatabhattaraka.Their position is considered to be between Brahmins and kshatriya's.This is the only community which name itself as descendants of kailas gotra. An important event in their life is shivdiksha.As per the "Saaraswatha sooktam" of rigveda, variam was the sacred place were the temple valuable belonging to god were kept and variar was the custodian and owner administrator . A variar was a manager of the temple who worked as a selfless devotee and in return expected only portion of daily nivedyam.